What Hath God Wrought?

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Oct 11, 2005 2:06 AMNov 5, 2019 6:46 AM

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In the 13th century, Alfonso the Wise said:

Had I been present at the creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.

That may sound like the ultimate in hubris. But then I read something like this, and I think that maybe God could have used some critical thinking of His own when He made things... The link is a bit old (from October 2006) but it's timeless, and you can point your neighborhood creationist to it whenever they claim the eye must have been designed.

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